Derivation of the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator

The Least-Squares Criterion. The goal in simple linear regression is to determine the equation of the line that minimizes the total unexplained variation in the observed values for Y, and thus maximizes the variation in Y explained by the model. However, the residuals, … ................
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